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The rhetoric surrounding estimates that the world’s population will hit 9 billion people by 2050, and the very real questions that estimate generates about how we will feed all those people, continues to escalate. But does that conversation overlook the very real issues of food insecurity that exist right now? Several international meat organizations are stepping up....More

We know the role of ranchers in the well-being of their livestock is critically important, but just as important is our responsibility to share that message and our positive story with consumers....More

Reader Will Sturgeon was struck by “the dichotomy between the goings-on in Washington and the reality on the ground out West, not to mention the lack of media coverage of a devastating event of such magnitude.”...More

For many ranchers in the Southern Plains and Southwest, drought has simply become part of the management landscape. Other areas have enjoyed plentiful, if not over-abundant, rain this year. For those still locked in drought, take heart – it will rain again, someday. And when it does, reseeding drought-stressed native pastures may be an option....More

The annual spring pastime of guessing how much grass you’ll have at turnout so you can plan stocking rates is underway. But those of you in the wide swath of real estate colored various shades of brown on the U.S. Drought Monitor map have more than the usual amount of mental gymnastics in store....More